Our People

The TU Cyber Center engages faculty from across the university, active in cybersecurity-related research, teaching, outreach and innovation.   

Director, Staff and Cyber Fellows

Blair Taylor

Director

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Learn more about Blair Taylor’s scholarly work and research HERE.

Willie Sanders

Cyber Fellow: Mock SOC

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Willie Sanders

Dr. Sanders furthers the mission of the Cyber4All Center by focusing on the implementation, execution, monitoring and control of the Mock Security Operation Center (SOC). Learn more about Professor Willie Sander’s scholarly work and research HERE.

Natalie Scala

Cyber Fellow: Secure Elections

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Natalie Scala

Dr. Scala and the Empowering Secure Elections research team at Towson University is committed to non-partisan academic research that increases the security of U.S. elections and ensures the integrity of votes from the moment they are cast to the moment they are counted. Learn more about Professor Natalie Scala's scholarly work and research .

Mike O'Leary

Cyber Fellow: Cyber Defense Team

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Dr. O'Leary's contrinution as a cyber fellow includes leading the cyber defense team, spearheading a comprehensive review and update of the cybersecurity programs, and supporting the NSA CAE Cyber Ops re-designation effort. Learn more about Professor Mike O'Leary’s scholarly work and research HERE.

TU Faculty with Cyber Expertise 

Faculty Department
James Braman Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Cheryl Brown, M.S. Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Joseph Clark, Ph.D. Department of Political Science

Suat Cubukcu

 Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice

Joshua Dehlinger, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Lin Deng, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Pallavi Guha, Ph.D.

 Journalism and New Media Unit

Yifan Guo

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Jeffrey Hanson

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Scott Hilberg, Ed.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Alex Hornberger

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Jal Irani, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Ramesh Karne, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Sidd Kaza, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Tina Kelleher

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Alexei Kolesnikov, Ph.D.

 Department of Mathematics

Wassila Lalouani

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Weixian Liao, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Michael McGuire, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Nathan McNew, Ph.D.

 Department of Mathematics

Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld, Ph.D.

 Department of Health Sciences

Nam Nguyen, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Michael O'Leary, Ph.D.

 Department of Mathematics

Janet Oren, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Jinie Pak, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Willie Sanders, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Natalie Scala, Ph.D.

 Department of Business Analytics and Technology Management

Mary Stapleton

 TU Center for STEM Excellence

Mona Tavakolan, D.Sc.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Qianlong Wang, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Alex Wijesinha, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Lowell Wilson

 Department of Marketing

Wei Yu, Ph.D.

 Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Marius Zimand, Ph.D. Department of Computer and Information Sciences

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